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Last Update:
May 09, 2012

SF Performance Horses seeks to develop quiet, well-rounded, performance horses that are suitable for team roping and other performance events.  

Our past customers keep in touch for news on our upcoming prospects, have recommended our horses to others, and come from both near and far (from the local, across Western Canada, as well as down to California).

History
SF Performance Horses is a subsidiary of SF Ranching, owned and operated by Chris & Ronda Sayers.  The ranch is part of the original homestead, and has been in existence since 1881.  The original Sayer Farms (hence the "SF") was transitioned from the family grain farm to a commercial cattle ranch.  This environment exposes our performance horses to commercial and long-horn cattle, as well as the jobs of ranch life.

SF Horses
All SF Performance Horses are taught reining basics, worked on cattle in the round pen, used around cattle in-and-out of the arena, have a number of hours spent in the practice pen, and are finished through hauling to their respective events to compete and become seasoned.  Each horse is dewormed and shod/trimmed on a regular schedule, and will also visit the Equine Dentist to start a regular maintenance program.

Facilities
We enjoy a secluded spot with facilities that include:

•  90' round pen for roundpen work

• 120' round pen for working cattle

• 160 x 250' outdoor practice arena

• 3500+ acres for cattle-related jobs (checking fence, moving cattle, treating cattle, etc.)

• Buford - used on all of our horses (young and old)

• Heel-o-Matic - also used on all our rope horses (young and old)

• ShoPro Cutting Flag - used on many of our young cowbred prospects

• Arizona Place - winter training facility

SF horses are ridden throughout the winter months at either our place in Arizona or at Sunshine Stables & Arena in a 70 x 150' indoor riding arena. 

About the Owners
After 7 years together, Chris Sayers and Ronda Smith were married in June 2006.  This couple spends their spare time in the practice pen, training and conditioning their horses.

Chris Sayers has a number of trades under is belt.  He's a horse trainer, starting colts and rope horses for clients.  He's a journeyman farrier from Oklahoma state.  He has a diploma in Livestock Production from Vermillion College, AB.  He has Certificates in Horse Breeding, Transported Semen, and Fundamentals of Equine Frozen Semen.  He's a team roper who prefers the Heading side, with a number of trophy saddles and buckles to his name.

Ronda Sayers comes from an equine family, with her parents owning a riding stable - Sunshine Stables & Arena near North Battleford, SK.  Her two brothers (Shayne & Randy Smith) are also in the equine industry.  She's a team roper who takes up the Heeling side for her husband.  She's a previous High School Rodeo contestant, and the winner of the Short Go at the Northern Lights Barrel Futurity in Hamiota, MB on a horse she'd trained herself.  She holds a Bachelor of Commerce, with honours, from Queen's School of Business, Queen's University in Kingston, ON.  She does contract work on the side (College instruction, website analysis, marketing strategy, etc.).